We took a disappointing sunset cruise
We took a disappointing sunset cruise. Couldn't hear much of a rather basic commentary just naming a few landmarks and ignoring any less wealthy settlements. We would have liked to know more about the history and "village" settlement on left bank rather than the modern characterless developments. The commentary (what I could hear of it) would have benefited from more anecdotes and stories about what we were seeing. There seemed to be much pride in the modern developments which appeared to have wiped out all nature and character. At one point we were told about the new apartment block for rich people that had twenty-four hour security -more of an estate agent pitch than a cultural tour commentary. There were very self-conscious dancers. There was also a lot of diesel fumes where we were sitting.
On the plus side, very friendly, helpful staff served squash and cake.
Rather depressing to see just how much land is being eaten up by modern concrete development which made Kuching look just like any other city and is destroying any unique character. I wouldn't repeat and would gladly not have included it in our visit. I left it feeling depressed instead of uplifted.
Would have been better if our cruise hadn't had a lot of out of control children running around screaming. Mind you, their parents were so taken with the view, they spent the whole journey watching their phones.